A check by the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office found that almost 40 percent of the businesses sold alcohol to underage drinkers.

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Janet Ortegon
jortegon@sheboyganpress.com

When the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office did a compliance check on area businesses to make sure merchants were checking IDs before selling alcohol, deputies discovered a problem.

Almost 40 percent of the businesses they checked during the initiative last fall - 26 out of 66 - failed.

"From my perspective, I thought it would be lower," said Sgt. Matt Spence, one of the originators of the program. "This first time we just did warnings for violations. The goal is not to be punitive on business owners, the goal is voluntary compliance. We just really want them to make sure they're checking, make ...